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Gerhard Richter

Stadtbild M 6

Estimate

700,000 - 1,000,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Gerhard Richter

b. 1932


Stadtbild M 6

signed, titled, dated 68 and numbered 170 (on the reverse) 

oil on canvas

85.2 by 90.4 cm. 33½ by 35⅝ in. 

Executed in 1968.

Onnasch Galerie, Cologne

Otto Haas, Elzach (acquired from the above circa 1969)

Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin (thence by descent from the above)

Galerie Arno Kohnen, Dusseldorf

Galerie Denise René Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf (acquired from the above in 1987)

Private Collection, San Diego (acquired from the above in 1987)

Sotheby's, London, 28 June 2017, lot 19 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exh. Cat., Dusseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (and travelling), Gerhard Richter: Bilder/Paintings 1962-1985, 1986, no. 170-6, p. 69, illustrated

Exh. Cat., Bonn, Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Gerhard Richter, vol. III, 1993–94, no. 170-6, n.p., illustrated in colour

Dietmar Elger, Gerhard Richter: Catalogue Raisonné 1962-1968, vol. 1, Berlin 2011, no. 170-6, p. 342, illustrated in colour

Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Junge deutsche Künstler: 14 x 14, April – July 1968

Berlin, Galerie René Block, Gerhard Richter: Städte, January – February 1969

Munich, Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Gerhard Richter - Städtebilder, April – May 1970

Cologne, Onnasch Galerie, 20 Deutsche, August – October 1971, no. 50, n.p., illustrated